Disclosure context

About thegentlemen

thegentlemen is a ransomware group that emerged in September 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their broad targeting of commercial sectors. The group has documented 267 victims across multiple countries, with primary focus on the United States, Thailand, France, Brazil, and India. Their targeting strategy demonstrates a preference for high-value sectors including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and financial services organizations. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources such as CISA, FBI, or major security research firms, specific details regarding their country of origin, operational structure, attack methodologies, encryption techniques, and whether they employ ransomware-as-a-service models remain unclear. The relatively high victim count of 267 in a short operational timeframe since September 2025 suggests either an aggressive campaign pace or potential inflation of victim numbers through affiliate operations, though without corroborating intelligence reports, the group's exact operational capabilities and notable campaigns cannot be definitively established. Current intelligence indicates the group remains active as of late 2025, though comprehensive threat profiling requires additional validated reporting from authoritative cybersecurity sources. The group has been linked to 424 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2025; most recent post May 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: the gentlemen.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 18, 2026Modern Display listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Modern Display is reported in US, a country with 2,713 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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Modern Display

Claimed by thegentlemen · listed 2 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 18, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: May 18, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Modern Display is a family-owned retail and wholesale business headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, founded in 1946. Operating from a 300,000 sq. ft. facility with over 150 employees, it specializes in seasonal décor, holiday treasures, home accents, wholesale floral, expo services, and graphic design. The company serves both retail customers and wholesale clients, supplying products ranging from Christmas trees and patriotic flags to parade float supplies.

Industry: Seasonal Décor & Holiday Retail
Address: Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Employees: 150+
Founded: 1946

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published) confirming exfiltration from a company with 150+ employees; while specific regulated data categories are not enumerated, the scale of the organization and confirmed publication of stolen data warrants a high severity rating.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have compromised Modern Display and has published data, indicating exfiltration of company data; no ransom amount was stated and no specific data categories were enumerated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Potentially employee records
Potentially customer records
Potentially financial records

What the group claims

moderndisplay.com zoominfo.com/c/modern-display/25347032 odern Display is a beloved family-owned retail destination in Salt Lake City, Utah, founded in 1946 and specializing in seasonal décor, holiday treasures, and home accents. With 150+ team members and a 300,000 sq. ft. facility, they offer everything from Christmas trees and patriotic flags to floral arrangements and parade float supplies. Beyond retail, they power expo services, wholesale floral, and graphic design—helping customers celebrate life's special moments with beauty and joy for nearly 80 years

Sources

Victim sitemoderndisplay.com

Source

Indexed 2 days ago

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